text: 'use strict';
  //a hugely-ignorant, and widely subjective transliteration of latin, cryllic, greek unicode characters to english ascii.
  //approximate visual (not semantic or phonetic) relationship between unicode and ascii characters
  //http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters
  //https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ah46z755j7cVdFRDM1A2YVpwa1ZYWlpJM2pQZ003M0E
  let compact = {
    '!': '¡',
    '?': '¿Ɂ',
    '-': '—–',
    'a': 'ªÀÁÂÃÄÅàáâãäåĀāĂăĄąǍǎǞǟǠǡǺǻȀȁȂȃȦȧȺΆΑΔΛάαλАДадѦѧӐӑӒӓƛɅæ',
    'b': 'ßþƀƁƂƃƄƅɃΒβϐϦБВЪЬбвъьѢѣҌҍҔҕƥƾ',
    'c': '¢©ÇçĆćĈĉĊċČčƆƇƈȻȼͻͼͽϲϹϽϾϿЄСсєҀҁҪҫ',
    'd': 'ÐĎďĐđƉƊȡƋƌǷ',
    'e': 'ÈÉÊËèéêëĒēĔĕĖėĘęĚěƎƏƐǝȄȅȆȇȨȩɆɇΈΕΞΣέεξϱϵ϶ЀЁЕЭеѐёҼҽҾҿӖӗӘәӚӛӬӭ',
    'f': 'ƑƒϜϝӺӻҒғӶӷſ',
    'g': 'ĜĝĞğĠġĢģƓǤǥǦǧǴǵ',
    'h': 'ĤĥĦħƕǶȞȟΉΗЂЊЋНнђћҢңҤҥҺһӉӊ',
    'I': 'ÌÍÎÏ',
    'i': 'ìíîïĨĩĪīĬĭĮįİıƖƗȈȉȊȋΊΐΪίιϊІЇії',
    'j': 'ĴĵǰȷɈɉϳЈј',
    'k': 'ĶķĸƘƙǨǩΚκЌЖКжкќҚқҜҝҞҟҠҡ',
    'l': 'ĹĺĻļĽľĿŀŁłƚƪǀǏǐȴȽΙӀӏ',
    'm': 'ΜϺϻМмӍӎ',
    'n': 'ÑñŃńŅņŇňŉŊŋƝƞǸǹȠȵΝΠήηϞЍИЙЛПийлпѝҊҋӅӆӢӣӤӥπ',
    'o': 'ÒÓÔÕÖØðòóôõöøŌōŎŏŐőƟƠơǑǒǪǫǬǭǾǿȌȍȎȏȪȫȬȭȮȯȰȱΌΘΟθοσόϕϘϙϬϭϴОФоѲѳӦӧӨөӪӫ¤ƍΏ',
    'p': 'ƤƿΡρϷϸϼРрҎҏÞ',
    'q': 'Ɋɋ',
    'r': 'ŔŕŖŗŘřƦȐȑȒȓɌɍЃГЯгяѓҐґ',
    's': 'ŚśŜŝŞşŠšƧƨȘșȿςϚϛϟϨϩЅѕ',
    't': 'ŢţŤťŦŧƫƬƭƮȚțȶȾΓΤτϮϯТт҂Ҭҭ',
    'u': 'µÙÚÛÜùúûüŨũŪūŬŭŮůŰűŲųƯưƱƲǓǔǕǖǗǘǙǚǛǜȔȕȖȗɄΰμυϋύϑЏЦЧцџҴҵҶҷӋӌӇӈ',
    'v': 'νѴѵѶѷ',
    'w': 'ŴŵƜωώϖϢϣШЩшщѡѿ',
    'x': '×ΧχϗϰХхҲҳӼӽӾӿ',
    'y': 'ÝýÿŶŷŸƳƴȲȳɎɏΎΥΫγψϒϓϔЎУучўѰѱҮүҰұӮӯӰӱӲӳ',
    'z': 'ŹźŻżŽžƩƵƶȤȥɀΖζ'
  };
  //decompress data into two hashes
  let unicode = {};
  Object.keys(compact).forEach(function (k) {
    compact[k].split('').forEach(function (s) {
      unicode[s] = k;
    });
  });
  
  const killUnicode = (str) => {
    let chars = str.split('');
    chars.forEach((s, i) => {
      if (unicode[s]) {
        chars[i] = unicode[s];
      }
    });
    return chars.join('');
  };
  module.exports = killUnicode;
  // console.log(killUnicode('bjŏȒk—Ɏó'));
  